Ghislaine
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Looking over the federal budget because I’m thinking of planning a lesson on it…and there is a fun tidbit about “working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in Eurovision”.
Amazing.
Amazing.
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Looking over the federal budget because I’m thinking of planning a lesson on it…and there is a fun tidbit about “working with CBC/Radio Canada to explore participation in Eurovision”.
Amazing.
Amazing.
There’s a little more hope in the air this morning.
November 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
There’s a little more hope in the air this morning.
I have used articles from Teen Vogue in my classes because the articles were relevant, relatable, and progressive. Without diverse voices, I can’t see this magazine being meaningful to anyone. How disappointing.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I have used articles from Teen Vogue in my classes because the articles were relevant, relatable, and progressive. Without diverse voices, I can’t see this magazine being meaningful to anyone. How disappointing.
I logged into my LinkedIn account to turn off permission for my data to be used to train AI, but then realised how fake and gross it is so just deleted my account instead.
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I logged into my LinkedIn account to turn off permission for my data to be used to train AI, but then realised how fake and gross it is so just deleted my account instead.
Why does the GTA have a special highway for rich people, just north of the highway where it takes regular people an hour or more to get across the city?
(No shade on people who take the 407. I get it.)
(No shade on people who take the 407. I get it.)
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Why does the GTA have a special highway for rich people, just north of the highway where it takes regular people an hour or more to get across the city?
(No shade on people who take the 407. I get it.)
(No shade on people who take the 407. I get it.)
I’m not usually invested in trends started by celebrities and pop stars, but I really hope Billie Eilish starts something…
November 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I’m not usually invested in trends started by celebrities and pop stars, but I really hope Billie Eilish starts something…
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Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire multiple times since day one, however, it has chosen to escalate its attacks and launched a major airstrike targeting a hospital.
October 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Israel has violated the Gaza ceasefire multiple times since day one, however, it has chosen to escalate its attacks and launched a major airstrike targeting a hospital.
Toronto’s housing affordability crisis is not a supply and demand problem. It’s a greed problem - units built based on speculation and profit and not as actual homes.
You can’t fix capitalism with more capitalism.
You can’t fix capitalism with more capitalism.
October 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Toronto’s housing affordability crisis is not a supply and demand problem. It’s a greed problem - units built based on speculation and profit and not as actual homes.
You can’t fix capitalism with more capitalism.
You can’t fix capitalism with more capitalism.
I just want to live somewhere where people care about other people. I guess Ontario under Doug Ford is not that kind of place anymore.
October 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I just want to live somewhere where people care about other people. I guess Ontario under Doug Ford is not that kind of place anymore.
Aaaand they are doing the exact opposite.
At a minimum, Ontario needs to get rid of the “post-2018” loophole for rent control, and have online reporting and tracking for landlords/companies that don’t follow the rules for tenant applications.
October 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Aaaand they are doing the exact opposite.
@cbcnews.ca Madleen boarded and innocent civilians abducted.
Why are you not covering this?
Why are you not covering this?
June 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
All Eyes on Gaza.
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
All Eyes on Gaza.
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In the face of a strong misinformation campaign against transit-only lanes, we need your strong voice of support evidence-based transit-only lanes that will build a greener, fairer, and inclusive Toronto.
Send a quick email of support to your City Councillor, it means a lot!
ttcriders.ca/lanes
6/6
Send a quick email of support to your City Councillor, it means a lot!
ttcriders.ca/lanes
6/6
Bus Lanes Now
ttcriders.ca
June 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
In the face of a strong misinformation campaign against transit-only lanes, we need your strong voice of support evidence-based transit-only lanes that will build a greener, fairer, and inclusive Toronto.
Send a quick email of support to your City Councillor, it means a lot!
ttcriders.ca/lanes
6/6
Send a quick email of support to your City Councillor, it means a lot!
ttcriders.ca/lanes
6/6
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On hunger as a weapon of war, a murderous attack on a Jewish museum - and the blindness of hatred. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A biblical hatred is engulfing both sides in the Gaza conflict – and blinding them to reason | Jonathan Freedland
Israel starving Palestinians, two killings at a Jewish museum: both are atrocities. But vanishingly few can see it, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
On hunger as a weapon of war, a murderous attack on a Jewish museum - and the blindness of hatred. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I am reading The Anxious Generation for a work book club and being increasingly infuriated by the confidence with which this man makes claims he has no evidence for. Some of it makes intuitive sense which I guess is why it’s popular, but where is the research?
May 24, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I am reading The Anxious Generation for a work book club and being increasingly infuriated by the confidence with which this man makes claims he has no evidence for. Some of it makes intuitive sense which I guess is why it’s popular, but where is the research?
Why can’t Toronto have nice things?
A major Astroturf effort is underway to fight the bus priority lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin Street in Toronto.
The Bathurst website was registered by the CMO of grocer Summerhill Market, which has a location on Bathurst.
The Bathurst website was registered by the CMO of grocer Summerhill Market, which has a location on Bathurst.
May 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Why can’t Toronto have nice things?
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social maybe an episode of If Books Could Kill on Robert Bork’s “The Antitrust Paradox”?
May 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social maybe an episode of If Books Could Kill on Robert Bork’s “The Antitrust Paradox”?
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"Canadians" feeling smug & and self-righteous in this moment should remember that right-wing fascism is alive & well in this country. Neo-liberalism is the crisis & breeds supremacist ideology, exploitation & wealth hoarding. Just because it's not Trump/PP doesn't make us more "progressive."
May 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"Canadians" feeling smug & and self-righteous in this moment should remember that right-wing fascism is alive & well in this country. Neo-liberalism is the crisis & breeds supremacist ideology, exploitation & wealth hoarding. Just because it's not Trump/PP doesn't make us more "progressive."
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Honestly political history may not be kind to Jagmeet Singh but social history will be different — better — because people have pharmacare, dental care, and child care. And he did that.
April 29, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Honestly political history may not be kind to Jagmeet Singh but social history will be different — better — because people have pharmacare, dental care, and child care. And he did that.
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Trump's big trip to Europe for the popes funeral included a disrespectful blue suit instead of black, texting during the ceremony, and then falling asleep.
April 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Trump's big trip to Europe for the popes funeral included a disrespectful blue suit instead of black, texting during the ceremony, and then falling asleep.
Taking the editor’s letter of the #westendphoenix as my spring/summer manifesto…anyone else?
April 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Taking the editor’s letter of the #westendphoenix as my spring/summer manifesto…anyone else?
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also, “yield” does not mean “blow through the intersection without checking if someone is coming,” it means, “slow down, check, and if someone with the right of way is coming, YIELD to them, including coming to a complete stop.”
"Cyclists are always running stop signs!" Yes they make no sense for us, legalize treating them as yields
STOP AS YIELD PASSES 48-4 OUT OF THE ILLINOIS SENATE!!!!!!!!!!
MAKING ILLINOIS THE 14TH STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE THE SAFETY STOP!!!!!
STOP SIGNS ARE SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS!!!!
MAKING ILLINOIS THE 14TH STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO LEGALIZE THE SAFETY STOP!!!!!
STOP SIGNS ARE SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS!!!!
April 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
also, “yield” does not mean “blow through the intersection without checking if someone is coming,” it means, “slow down, check, and if someone with the right of way is coming, YIELD to them, including coming to a complete stop.”
And here I thought I was the only person who still uses taxis instead of apps!
City of Toronto is moving away from US ride hailing apps & using local cabs. (A @graphicmatt.com gets action moment!)
my new argument against uber with everything going on is simply going to be “why are you giving your money to a US multinational when you could be using a local taxi service?”
April 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And here I thought I was the only person who still uses taxis instead of apps!
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"Let’s go even further: Publish everyone’s income the way Norway does, where all tax returns are public record: any registered taxpayer can search any individual or business. It’s so transparent that taxpayers can also see who has searched them. Open, and honest."
Yes, please.
Yes, please.
ICYMI I wrote out why the Sunshine list is good & a rare window into income & class. If it can't be expanded or the threshold lowered, we should keep it as is. It's helped reveal "inequities in hiring practices, promotion and compensation" & is hard date in the haze of class (un)consciousness.
Shawn Micallef: Ontario’s Sunshine List reveals who makes $100,000 and up. Here’s why that salary threshold should be zero
Ontario’s Sunshine List is a useful way to see whose jobs we value and whose we don’t as a society.
www.thestar.com
April 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Let’s go even further: Publish everyone’s income the way Norway does, where all tax returns are public record: any registered taxpayer can search any individual or business. It’s so transparent that taxpayers can also see who has searched them. Open, and honest."
Yes, please.
Yes, please.
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I’m catching up on the leaders’ launch speeches today, starting with Poilievre’s, and one big thing I’ve noticed:
His emotional appeals are generally towards low-income folks (single mothers, struggling seniors) but his ACTUAL policy promises are almost all for industry.
Trickle down economics 🤢
His emotional appeals are generally towards low-income folks (single mothers, struggling seniors) but his ACTUAL policy promises are almost all for industry.
Trickle down economics 🤢
March 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’m catching up on the leaders’ launch speeches today, starting with Poilievre’s, and one big thing I’ve noticed:
His emotional appeals are generally towards low-income folks (single mothers, struggling seniors) but his ACTUAL policy promises are almost all for industry.
Trickle down economics 🤢
His emotional appeals are generally towards low-income folks (single mothers, struggling seniors) but his ACTUAL policy promises are almost all for industry.
Trickle down economics 🤢